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Patented Aug. 7, |900. J. A. SLEICHEB.

S I G N (Application:A filed Mm'. 2, 1900.)

(No Model.)

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JOHN A. SLEICHER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

SIGN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N0. 655,524, dated August 7, 1900.

Application filed March 2, 1900. Serial No. 7 109'7. (No model.)

T0 all wwnt it nur?! con/cern:

Beit known that I, JOHN A. SLEICHER, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of New York, borough of Manhattan, in

rthe county and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Sign, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

|The purpose of this invention is to provide a sign adapted to indicate the names of intersecting streets. Heretofore considerable difficulty has been experienced in arranging the signs so that a passer-by may instantly beinformed of thel names of the streets which cross the street on which he is walking. According to my invention I provide a sign with a number of faces, preferably four, on each of which faces are produced the two names of the intersecting streets, such names being produced in a certain manner, so as to show at a glance the streets to which they refer. This sign is best adapted to a street-lamp, and in such connection I have here shown it.

This specification is the disclosure of one form of the invention, while the claims define the actual scope thereof.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in both the views.

Figure l is a perspective view of the sign in use, and Fig. 2 is an enlarged perspective view of the same.

As here shown, the sign has four faces, respectively, at the four sides of the usual street-lamp. At the top of each face a horizontal space a is provided, on which the name of one street is written, and at one side edge of each face a vertical space Z) is provided, on which is written the name of the other street. It will thus be seen that each face of the sign has two street names thereon and that these street names are disposed at right angles to each other, so as to be clearly distinguishable.

Referring now to Fig. 1, and assuming that the dotted line 6in such figure runs longitudinally with Chambers street and the dotted line d runs longitudinally with Broadway, it will be seen that a person passing down Chambers street and viewing the lefthand face of the sign (see Fig. l) willV see Broadway7 written horizontally across the face of the sign and that this word Broad-l way runs parallel with the dotted line d, or, in other words, with Broadway. The person will also see Chambers Written vertically on the sign, and it will be observed that this word Chambers is in a line perpendicular to and in line with the street indicated by the dotted line c, or, in other words, with Chambers street. A person walking down Broadway and viewing the right-hand face of the sign (see Fig. l) will see the same words, eX- cept that their position is reversed, as will be understood. In each case the name of one street is placed horizontally in parallelism therewith, and the name of the other street is placed perpendicularly and in line therewith, so that there can be no mistake as to the street referred to, and at the same time the names of both of the streets are placed on a single face of the sign, and the necessity of walking around the sign to find the names of the intersecting streets is thereby avoided. If desired, the numbers of the nearest houses on the several streets may be placed neXt to the names of the streets on the sign, as shown.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patentl. A sign to designate the names of intersecting streets, the sign having a reading-face on which the names of both streets are produced, such names being arranged at angles to each other one lying horizontally and the other perpendicularly, for the purpose specied.

2. A sign for designating intersecting streets, the sign having four reading-faces in the form of a square, and being adapted to be placed with two faces in parallelism with each street, each face having produced thereon the names of the intersecting streets, and such names being written at right angles to each other one lying horizontally and the other perpendicularly, for the purpose specified.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specitication in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOHN A. SLEICHER.

Witnesses:

WYMAN M. FITZ, E. D. GREENE. 

